What is the difference here? I think that it is about political power. Racist crap aside, let’s look at the reality - Israel controls access to a lot of Christian holy sites, and where is the oil? Some of it is in Catholic Venezuela, sure - but most of it is in Muslim hands. Political reality comes out of the barrel of a gun, sure, but also out of a barrel of oil.

There will be no Vatican apology for the Burning Times until we have political power. Which probably means never.